Darío Aguilar: Castaway Artworks

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(…) let each person choose their unique dwelling place

their eternal and infinite mansion.

A single term, an enjoyment, a desire,

A curse, a weight, a messure,

A god, a king, a law.

Urizen’s Book, Chapter 2.8

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William Blake.

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Emotional expressions more than representations of the objective reality, deliberated distortions in the forms and some insistence in sealed and distressing drawings give Darío Aguilar’s production a strange uniqueness; the images seem to remind known instances, in some cases of expressionist features, but they maintain a strong sense of unreality which is accentuated by the color choice, with strong prevalence in cold palettes.

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The internal expressiveness their pieces show, nevertheless, is far from the existential anguish, there seems to be a search for neutrality and some pleasure when making the painting. The compositions vary in theme and sequence, like a continuous study and sometimes in sets of different forms, drawings, paintings, charcoals, which he also uses to investigate in the choice of diverse holders; in this last stage, in blocks of different formats which are half way between the narration in the plane and the construction of an object. Likewise, in the selection of the color shows up a rare mix between naturalistic and fictional, there is a certain classicism in the compositions, definitely outside of what could be classified as the most frequent thing in the more contemporary works, it is about a work that is rather timeless, conceived and rethought, that is perceived as mature. It points out towards a late romantic, that in some cases goes through a tortuous path to reach the final piece, going back and forth and with crossed reflections.

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These reflections are interrelated in detail, in forgotten or discontinuous lines that in some instance reappear, conceived as separated and absolute units, but they start in some other line that precedes them. These castaway artworks are not revealed by initial impact, more than others they need to show themselves gradually, through contemplation. Like many times in the darkness, it seems complete until little by little, it starts to be seen.

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Patricia Rizzo